Proto-Baredan [PBR]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Proto-Baredan
Proto-Baredan is the ancestor of the modern Baredan languages, including Istani, the Norjihani dialect continuum and Sjuun. Some fun features that Proto-Baredan had include:
Nominative-Accusative alignment Secundative stuff because the dative is just boring Singular/Paucal/Plural SOV word order Adjective weirdness
Grammar currently under some slight reconstruction, can be found here
Pronouns etc. can be found here: Pronouns and stuff and things
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Grammar currently under some slight reconstruction, can be found here
Pronouns etc. can be found here: Pronouns and stuff and things
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Sample of Proto-Baredan[view] Kōgka kesamoyʷ saqekʷ mʷuhu ńtzekur, ca utū utram fus a ca satʲumʲ turokʲ suzekur, utu tons ńt
The old man that I saw when I was walking home is there[view all texts]
The old man that I saw when I was walking home is there[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeBaredan
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Proto-Baredan[view] About BaredanThe languages of the Baredan family all derive from Proto-Baredan, spoken around the eastern area of Istan (the Baredan homeland). The modern languages, split into the Western, Eastern and Southern branches, are spoken in Norjihan, Istan, Ittohar and...
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||
| Nasal | m mʷ mʲ m̩ | n nʷ nʲ n̩ | ŋ ŋʷ ŋʲ ŋ̩ | |||||||
| Plosive | p pʷ pʲ | t tʷ tʲ | k kʷ kʲ | q qʷ | ||||||
| Fricative | ɸ ɸʷ ɸʲ | s sʷ sʲ | x xʷ xʲ | χ χʷ | h hʷ | |||||
| Lateral approximant | l lʷ lʲ | |||||||||
| Approximant | ɰ ɰʷ ɰʲ | |||||||||
| Trill | r rʷ | ʀ ʀʷ | ||||||||
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | [i]1 i̯2 | ɨ ɨ: | [u]3 u̯4 | |||
| Close-mid | [e]5 | ɘ ɘ: | [o]6 | |||
| Mid | ə̯7 | |||||
| Open-mid | [ɛ]8 | ɜ ɜ: | [ɔ]9 | |||
| Near-open | ɐ ɐ: | |||||
| Open | [a]10 | [ɒ]11 | ||||
- After palatalised consonants, allophone of /ɨ/
- See 'Other' section in notes
- After labialised consonants, allophone of /ɨ/
- See 'Other' section in notes
- After palatalised consonants, allophone of /ɘ/
- After labialised consonants, allophone of /ɘ/
- See 'Other' section in notes
- After palatalised consonants, allophone of /ɜ/
- After labialised consonants, allophone of /ɜ/
- After palatalised consonants, allophone of /ɐ/
- After labialised consonants, allophone of /ɐ/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Proto-Baredan. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| Proto-BaredanOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| Aa/ɐ/ | Āā/ɐ:/ | Cc/χ/ | Cʷ cʷ/χʷ/ | Ēē/ɜ:/ | Ee/ɜ/ | Ff/ɸ/ | Fʲ fʲ/ɸʲ/ | Fʷ fʷ/ɸʷ/ | Gg/ŋ/ | Ǵǵ/ŋ̩/ |
| Gʲ gʲ/ŋʲ/ | Gʷ gʷ/ŋʷ/ | Hh/h/ | Hʷ hʷ/hʷ/ | Kk/k/ | Kʲ kʲ/kʲ/ | Kʷ kʷ/kʷ/ | Ll/l/ | Lʲ lʲ/lʲ/ | Lʷ lʷ/lʷ/ | Mm/m/ |
| Ḿḿ/m̩/ | Mʲ mʲ/mʲ/ | Mʷ mʷ/mʷ/ | Ńń/n̩/ | Nn/n/ | Nʲ nʲ/nʲ/ | Nʷ nʷ/nʷ/ | Ōō/ɘ:/ | Oo/ɘ/ | Pp/p/ | Pʲ pʲ/pʲ/ |
| Pʷ pʷ/pʷ/ | Qq/q/ | Qʷ qʷ/qʷ/ | Rr/ʀ/ | Rʷ rʷ/ʀʷ/ | Ss/s/ | Sʲ sʲ/sʲ/ | Sʷ sʷ/sʷ/ | Tt/t/ | Tʲ tʲ/tʲ/ | Tʷ tʷ/tʷ/ |
| Ūū/ɨ:/ | Uu/ɨ/ | Xx/x/ | Xʲ xʲ/xʲ/ | Xʷ xʷ/xʷ/ | Yy/ɰ/ | Yʲ yʲ/ɰʲ/ | Yʷ yʷ/ɰʷ/ | Zz/r/ | Zʷ zʷ/rʷ/ | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||||
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